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The Munich air disaster occurred on 6 February 1958, when British European Airways Flight 609 crashed on its third attempt to take off at Munich-Riem Airport in Munich, West Germany. The aircraft was carrying the Manchester United football team, nicknamed the " Busby Babes ", along with supporters and journalists. [ 1 ]
Kenneth Gordon Rayment, DFC (11 March 1921 – 15 March 1958) was a British pilot and decorated Second World War flying ace.On 6 February 1958, he was the co-pilot of BEA flight 609 that was to carry the Manchester United football team and journalists from West Germany to England but which crashed on take-off.
Footballers killed in the Munich air disaster (11 P) Pages in category "Victims of the Munich air disaster" The following 3 pages are in this category, out of 3 total.
Second World War James Thain (8 February 1921 – 6 August 1975) was a British aviator and former Royal Air Force officer. He was pilot in command aboard BEA Flight 609 when it crashed in the 1958 Munich air disaster .
Historian Richard Overy in 2014 published a study of the air war The Bombers and the Bombed: Allied Air War Over Europe 1940-1945 in which he disputed the official German figures of air war dead. He estimated total air raid deaths at 353,000. The main points of Overy's analysis are as follows. [126]
Pages in category "Footballers killed in the Munich air disaster" The following 11 pages are in this category, out of 11 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
He died in the Munich air disaster at the age of 28. Byrne was the oldest of the eight players who perished at Munich. On arriving home he would have received the news that his wife Joy was expecting their first child. They had only married the previous year. He was also survived by both of his parents at that time.
Taylor died in the Munich air disaster, aged 26, on 6 February 1958. He had recently become engaged to his fiancée Carol. He is buried at Monk Bretton Cemetery in his hometown Barnsley. [4] Taylor holds the all-time Manchester United league goal strike record of 0.67 goals per game.